Roxy Balsom
| Roxy Balsom | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||||
| One Life to Live character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Ilene Kristen | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2001–12 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | November 7, 2001 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | January 13, 2012 | ||||||||||
| Created by | |||||||||||
| Introduced by | Gary Tomlin | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||
| Profile | |||||||||||
| Other names | Roxy Lipschitz Roxy Holden |
||||||||||
| Occupation |
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| Parents | Stella Lipschitz |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Dr. Walter Balsom (pre-2001) Max Holden (2002–03) |
| Sons | Schuyler Joplin |
| Adoptive children |
Natalie Buchanan Rex Balsom |
| Grandchildren |
Shane Balsom (adoptive) Liam McBain (adoptive) |
Roxy Balsom is a fictional character from ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live. The character was played by Ilene Kristen from November 7, 2001, through the finale episode aired on January 13, 2012.
The character is known for her constant malapropisms, which most other characters ignore and find amusing.
Roxy is introduced in 2001 as the wild, irresponsible mother of Natalie Buchanan and Rex Balsom. It is soon revealed that Natalie is the biological daughter of Viki Lord Banks and Clint Buchanan. It is initially believed that when Allison Perkins had kidnapped the Buchanan baby in 1987, another child was returned and grew up to be Jessica Buchanan. Jessica begins a tenuous relationship with Roxy, whom she believes to be her mother, and with Roxy's biological son Rex. But when a DNA test on Jessica proves that she is also Viki's daughter, the real story came out.
Viki's longtime enemy Mitch Laurence, who had masterminded the kidnapping, had secretly raped a drugged Viki around the same time she conceived a child with Clint. Viki unknowingly became pregnant with fraternal twins, one fathered by Clint (Natalie) and the other fathered by Mitch (Jessica). Dr. Walter Balsom, who had been one of religious leader Mitch's disciples, took Mitch's daughter during delivery, and Viki never knew she'd had more than one child. Mitch, however, wanted his daughter to grow up loved by Viki in the lap of luxury, and sent Allison to kidnap Clint's child. They replaced her with Mitch's daughter (who would become Jessica), and gave Clint's daughter (who would become Natalie) to Dr. Balsom and his wife Roxy. Walter later died, and Roxy turned out to be an irresponsible and absent mother for much of Natalie's childhood in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In 2002, money-hungry schemer Rex Balsom comes to Llanview to take advantage of the wealthy Buchanan family. Raised by his father's sister Corinne Balsom, Rex has an uneasy relationship with the wild, unreliable Roxy. Rex remains close to Natalie, the "sister" he grew up with. He has been involved with Jennifer Rappaport, her mother Lindsay Rappaport and Adriana Cramer. Rex is also friends with Police Commissioner Bo Buchanan, who is constantly frustrated by Rex's mischief and methods but cares about him like a son.
...
Wikipedia